Nevada § 422.272366 - State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs for behavioral health services

§ 422.272366. State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs for behavioral health services

1. The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the

State must pay the nonfederal share of expenditures incurred for behavioral health

services, including, without limitation, mental health services and services for the

treatment of a substance use disorder, that are delivered through evidence-based,

behavioral health integration models, including, without limitation, collaborative

care management services. 2. As used in this section: (a) “ Behavioral health integration model ” means a model of delivering behavioral health services that integrates such services

with primary care. The term includes, without limitation, the delivery of behavioral health services

using collaborative care management services. (b) “ Collaborative care management services ” means a combination of services and structured care management with regular assessments

directed and provided by a team of providers of primary care and providers of behavioral

health care.